Three U.S. Navy ships equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system simultaneously tracked the same target missile during an exercise off the Virginia coast Jan. 22, the service ...

A egis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) is both the Navy element of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), as well as a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command. Rear Admiral Johnny Wolfe is the ...

USSDonald Cookleading a flotilla of destroyers. Photo:Wikimedia Commons. Fifteen months ago, the United States dispatched the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) on a not-very-secret mission: to carry America's ...

Abstract: The Administration's new "phased adaptive approach" for missile defense in Europe and the Pentagon's wider sea-based Aegis BMD program have the potential to provide robust missile defense ...

The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD ...

During an unprecedented test today, Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT – News) Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully intercepted and destroyed two non-separating, short range ...

The Pentagon's FY2025 budget request for Aegis ballistic missile defence would decrease spending compared to FY2024. (US Army) The Department of Defense is requesting about USD1.3 billion for ...

The Missile Defense Agency's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis BMD) system failed to shoot down its target in a June test because a valve became stuck in a newly upgraded portion of the ...

AEGIS BMD: Although Japan is the only other country that has indicated it plans to acquire the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis BMD) system (DAILY, Sept. 4, 2003), ...

The first time we sent one of these ships over, Ukraine was still a whole country. Fifteen months ago, the United States dispatched the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) on a not-very-secret mission: to carry ...